Does your baby also have those napless days?

[P.J.]

I just want to know we're not alone here. There are some days where my DS ~ 3.5 m.o.~ just simply will.not.nap. I haven't been keeping track but I reckon it's about 3-4 days per month although not regular as far as I can tell. Usually he's a pretty decent napper, meaning it's relatively easy to get him down for 3-4 naps per day, even though he rarely sleeps more than 30-45 minutes at a stretch. He's also a pretty good night sleeper.

So what's up with that? Is it just those developmental growth spurts? I haven't noticed that he busts out with some new skill right after these sleepless spells though. Who knows.

[KellyandBean]

Mine will eventually nap but i do have those days where she fights it like crazy. However i had them a LOT more when she was your baby's age. So take comfort that it will pass. She is now 6 months and seems to go down for naps a bit easier. They do have a lot of stuff going on at about 3-5 months that messes with sleep. It is like they wake up from a newborn coma and the world is just WAY to exciting.

[shotmama]

MINE DID THAT TOO!! prolly a developmental thing cause mine also busted out with a special new thing to do by the end of it!

[cocoanib]

DD has days when she doesn't take as many naps.
She generally goes through a couple days like that i a row and then back to norm.
She also has days where she naps more.
Just like us I guess.

[carmen358]

Yep, DD has had napless days. I wouldn't say once a month but once in a while. For her, usually associated with a growth spurt or teething it seems...

[nwatt]

My DD definitely had napless days. They usually happened to be when my DH was out of town for a few days. I gave up trying to force her to sleep those days. She happened to never be fussy those days, she just did not sleep.

[Quinalla]

Yes, my DD definitely does this. She always fights sleep, especially naps, but on those days I do think it is either teething or developmental or just too stimulated and sometimes a combo. If she didn't get the knock out from breastfeeding, I think she would skip a lot more naps. And she will be so, so tired, but just will not sleep. When she gets there, I give up for 30min-1hr or more and try again or just put her to bed early for the night.

[newmamalizzy]

For DD it wasn't just occasional days - it was, like, EVERY day for a while, but it definitely started around your LO's age. For Bea, naplessness is definitely due to overstimulation. At 3.5mos or so she had a major increase in awareness and just didn't seem able to shut anything out enough to rest. Now (at 5 months) she's still very difficult to get down for naps, but she does take some every day. Maybe your baby is learning to deal with her newfound awareness, too?